Does LA2 8HY flood?

Not in an at-risk area

LA2 8HY has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in LA2 or get the full picture below.

The ground around LA2 8HY

The ground here sits at about 225 m above sea level and falls 134 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-east, 100.3 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around LA28HY, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 225 m above sea level and falls 134 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-east, 100.3 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of LA2 8HY, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for LA2 8HY

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
LA2 8HY
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 1 recorded flood nearby; 14 official warnings since 2006.

A Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
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Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around LA2 8HY. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near LA2 8HY

14
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2012
14
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2020
most recent warning nearby (2020-11-02)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode since 1946

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2020 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara ~67.8 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Desmond (2015, 3 warnings nearby) · Aiden (2020, 2 warnings nearby) · Ciara (2020, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for LA2 8HY

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Bentham Bridge River Wenning 6.4 km 2.25 m 2.91 m
Low Bentham River Wenning 8.1 km 2.71 m 3.44 m
Wennington River Wenning 11.2 km 1.50 m 3.19 m
Penny Bridge River Ribble 11.4 km 2.48 m 3.13 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Clapham Wastewater Treatment Works River Wenning 2.7 km 3 (2024) 83
Ingleton Stw River Greta 4.5 km 174 (2024) 2,961

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near LA2 8HY — all in the LA2 district.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the LA2 district.